there's also the chance you'll just be messed up and maybe even end up damaging more people's lives You can always commit suicide later if you find the pain is too much - why give your oppressor the buzz of killing you?
Following your line of thought, the population of Kenya would be drastically reduced after the recent trouble there and, closer to home, the Balkan states would contain few Balkans.
And, of course, the EU wouldn't exist cos there wouldn't have been enough people alive to create it.
Don't think I'm trivialising rape: in fact, I am of the opinion that penalties for rape should be higher than any form of theft. But choosing death over rape is stupid.
And if someone chooses death ahead of rape because of the stigma attached to it, that's their screwy society's fault. I think most societies betray rape victims - it would be interesting to know why...
This series (buy the DVD so that BBC can make more great stuff) describes a lot of the inner workings of the planet, including the interdependencies of the various thermodynamic systems (mantle, oceans, glaciers, atmosphere, life etc). With lots of spectacular natural features to illustrate.
Not an employee, it's just great stuff;-)
I frequently walk past class projects showing the nine planets of our solar system. In fairness, Pluto's re-classification didn't get much publicity; if planets were in the habit of disappearing, the mistake would have been less likely!
What is this? News for Financial Market Junkies? I know it annoys you but if you think about it, it makes sense: if MSFT were about technology, then they would sell better products;-)
What Yahoo need to do is own the entire stack. From the technology running the servers, the content and the devices running on end users desktops. A MultiMedia device similar to the TiVO. Then they should buy Microsoft:)
That's what MS have been trying to do for years, so they would have already done some of the work...
And they got it because they wanted it.
I'm also of the opinion that this was a publicity stunt: aimed not at consumers but stock traders, in particular the kinds of traders who have kept SCO afloat for so long.
If there's anything MS will have learnt from SCO it's that there's always someone out there who will buy your spiel. And that there's no such thing as bad publicity.
Credibility only comes into it cos the whole thing was aimed at credible people;-) Seriously, who's going to lend MS 20 billion to buy a web company? But by saying that the purchase was to be part-financed by loans, MS were suggesting that some financial institution had confidence in MS' future.
Etc., etc...
I'd like to put it like: "Nature's idea of what's simple and ours isn't the same". It seems absurd to suggest that Mathematics isn't a natural phenomenon: however, Nature doesn't use it the same way that we do. Nature's most important use of maths, for me, is its use of multiplicity: without that, we couldn't have things like information or memory. Which came first - multiplicity or information? Multiplicity or matter? BTW, I don't think Nature "counts";-)
If I remember correctly, MS said that they intended to partly finance the buy-out with borrowed money (maybe 50%?). Did they say who was going to lend it to them?
What's the hacking potential for this kind of thing? I don't mean firmware or hardware, I mean "make it do something it wasn't designed for".
You never know, they might be used for something cool, like musicians use samples, records, Stylophones etc...
I'm not exactly sure that there's any impediment to this being used for pop music. I agree - in fact, since pop music is formulaic, it's probably best suited for this;-)
it would be nice if ads were filled with enough technical data about a product to perform a comparative evaluation against similar product ads. I doubt that will ever happen, though. In fact that's how advertising started out!
There's a really interesting documentary, The Century Of The Self, that describes how advertising moved from that style to the situation we have today.
We could learn a lot from these guys;-)
Money is a means used to measure control: some people/institutions get better value for their money than others (but who's telling;-)
It seems to me that the need for control is biological in origin: the brain prefers its "mental map" of understanding to be complete and that desire is wired into our sense of security. In its quest for efficiency, our brain seeks to categorise: if you combine this tendency with an "I say so therefore it is real" attitude (in either the fantastic or oppressive sense), then you're leaving yourself open to trouble the way the RIAA are;-)
History has countless examples of power hierarchies that, while initially beneficial to many, became "top-heavy": governments deceiving citizens (or worse), religions destroying knowledge, (more recently) patents making innovation financially prohibitive for citizens. Every "idea" needs some kind of power behind it; the "idea" can become a prisoner of the power.
This kind of thing happens in nature, too, of course: it's funny balance of "good things survive" and "survival is good" programs.
I don't think we're going to get anywhere until we accept our biological nature and quit tripping out on our brains: sometimes they just tell us what we want to hear;-)
those suckers will continue to buy penis enlargement products from poorly written emails, and give their remaining money to Scientology I'm sure Tom Cruise won't appreciate you broadcasting his secret;-)
Wouldn't it be mad if the penis enlargment companies were owned by the COS or a subsidiary?
that rights have been a commodity as long as there have been both That doesn't mean it's a good thing:-) And don't let it invalidate your original point: a system that is supposed to protect citizens is being abused. Effectively, governments are selling their citizens' rights to business interests: commodities indeed.
if I showed this to my buddies down the hall who do fullerene chemistry, they would have a few questions about how they are supposed to pack that much H2 in a fullerene and then scale the process industrially. Was wondering about that myself. Maybe they'll figure out some low-temperature strange behaviour to do the job.
Doing that would require quite a lot of energy, presumably, so the energy cycle I can envisage is:
obtain raw materials (C and H; C may be reprocessed from last cycle, H is expensive to obtain, I hear)
process raw materials (C -> fullerene, H -> whatever state works)
put H in fullerene/fullerene around H/whatever works
do whatever it takes to get new object to where energy can be released
It seems to me that we'd need a lot of energy to be released for the numbers to work out in our favour. Some posts here have suggested a use in atomic fusion reactions (using lasers). Maybe they could do the same trick with Helium (they haven't actually done it yet)?
My knowledge of physics these days is thanks to the BBC (nice one BBC:-) and I have only a vague idea of many concepts: can anyone say if it's possible to make a Bose-Einstein condensate from molecules like Methane? I'm imagining that it'd be pretty cool to be able to reprogram something like that into atoms/molecules we want (this may be completely impossible - I'm not claiming to know the theory;-)
It was meant to be a joke but it reflects an interesting possibility: rather than being inspired by the coolness of the brands, people were as inspired as they thought they should be by the brands:-)
In this era of "rate-of-change-of-culture", people have learnt to take cues from a lot of things. It's not always conscious: a lot of social stuff is delegated to the subconscious.
I got quite bad eye-burn from a UV spotlight (was standing about 2 metres from it for about 2 hours): not a nice experience.
Didn't notice any effect until about the following evening (thought something was in my eye). I woke in the middle of that night with stabbing pains in my eyes. Next day, daylight hurt my eyes. I couldn't even look at the flame of a candle. Thankfully, eye ointment soothed it and the problem eased the next day (disappeared over the next two or three).
Doctor couldn't figure out what had happned to me - I only figured it out (after the visit) cos the weather was cold and relief of cold breeze on my face made me realise I had got sunburnt!
not everyone will be equal according to p4p It seems to me that this is the whole idea.
And it's no accident that the "service" would be geographically-based: an American company would only be in a position to sue an American citizen for the content they pirate (I'm willing to bet 50c that the download of Linux distros wasn't discussed at Verizon meetings).
I'm sure they had a bit of a laugh about the name "P4P", too.
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Following your line of thought, the population of Kenya would be drastically reduced after the recent trouble there and, closer to home, the Balkan states would contain few Balkans.
And, of course, the EU wouldn't exist cos there wouldn't have been enough people alive to create it.
Don't think I'm trivialising rape: in fact, I am of the opinion that penalties for rape should be higher than any form of theft. But choosing death over rape is stupid.
And if someone chooses death ahead of rape because of the stigma attached to it, that's their screwy society's fault. I think most societies betray rape victims - it would be interesting to know why...
This series (buy the DVD so that BBC can make more great stuff) describes a lot of the inner workings of the planet, including the interdependencies of the various thermodynamic systems (mantle, oceans, glaciers, atmosphere, life etc). With lots of spectacular natural features to illustrate. ;-)
Not an employee, it's just great stuff
"Why" is 'value-laden' if it involves you ;-)
This is the "why" that religion sells.
Without people, religion is nothing.
...followed by this one ;-)
That's what MS have been trying to do for years, so they would have already done some of the work...
And they got it because they wanted it. ;-) Seriously, who's going to lend MS 20 billion to buy a web company? But by saying that the purchase was to be part-financed by loans, MS were suggesting that some financial institution had confidence in MS' future.
I'm also of the opinion that this was a publicity stunt: aimed not at consumers but stock traders, in particular the kinds of traders who have kept SCO afloat for so long.
If there's anything MS will have learnt from SCO it's that there's always someone out there who will buy your spiel. And that there's no such thing as bad publicity.
Credibility only comes into it cos the whole thing was aimed at credible people
Etc., etc...
I'd like to put it like: "Nature's idea of what's simple and ours isn't the same". It seems absurd to suggest that Mathematics isn't a natural phenomenon: however, Nature doesn't use it the same way that we do. Nature's most important use of maths, for me, is its use of multiplicity: without that, we couldn't have things like information or memory. Which came first - multiplicity or information? Multiplicity or matter? BTW, I don't think Nature "counts" ;-)
Good point: it's not a good time to be making people redundant. Good time to be working for MicroSoft!
If I remember correctly, MS said that they intended to partly finance the buy-out with borrowed money (maybe 50%?). Did they say who was going to lend it to them?
What's the hacking potential for this kind of thing? I don't mean firmware or hardware, I mean "make it do something it wasn't designed for". You never know, they might be used for something cool, like musicians use samples, records, Stylophones etc...
We could learn a lot from these guys
I hear you :-)
Money is a means used to measure control: some people/institutions get better value for their money than others (but who's telling ;-)
;-)
;-)
It seems to me that the need for control is biological in origin: the brain prefers its "mental map" of understanding to be complete and that desire is wired into our sense of security. In its quest for efficiency, our brain seeks to categorise: if you combine this tendency with an "I say so therefore it is real" attitude (in either the fantastic or oppressive sense), then you're leaving yourself open to trouble the way the RIAA are
History has countless examples of power hierarchies that, while initially beneficial to many, became "top-heavy": governments deceiving citizens (or worse), religions destroying knowledge, (more recently) patents making innovation financially prohibitive for citizens. Every "idea" needs some kind of power behind it; the "idea" can become a prisoner of the power.
This kind of thing happens in nature, too, of course: it's funny balance of "good things survive" and "survival is good" programs.
I don't think we're going to get anywhere until we accept our biological nature and quit tripping out on our brains: sometimes they just tell us what we want to hear
Wouldn't it be mad if the penis enlargment companies were owned by the COS or a subsidiary?
Doing that would require quite a lot of energy, presumably, so the energy cycle I can envisage is:
- obtain raw materials (C and H; C may be reprocessed from last cycle, H is expensive to obtain, I hear)
- process raw materials (C -> fullerene, H -> whatever state works)
- put H in fullerene/fullerene around H/whatever works
- do whatever it takes to get new object to where energy can be released
It seems to me that we'd need a lot of energy to be released for the numbers to work out in our favour. Some posts here have suggested a use in atomic fusion reactions (using lasers). Maybe they could do the same trick with Helium (they haven't actually done it yet)?My knowledge of physics these days is thanks to the BBC (nice one BBC
It was meant to be a joke but it reflects an interesting possibility: rather than being inspired by the coolness of the brands, people were as inspired as they thought they should be by the brands :-)
In this era of "rate-of-change-of-culture", people have learnt to take cues from a lot of things. It's not always conscious: a lot of social stuff is delegated to the subconscious.
I got quite bad eye-burn from a UV spotlight (was standing about 2 metres from it for about 2 hours): not a nice experience.
Didn't notice any effect until about the following evening (thought something was in my eye). I woke in the middle of that night with stabbing pains in my eyes. Next day, daylight hurt my eyes. I couldn't even look at the flame of a candle. Thankfully, eye ointment soothed it and the problem eased the next day (disappeared over the next two or three).
Doctor couldn't figure out what had happned to me - I only figured it out (after the visit) cos the weather was cold and relief of cold breeze on my face made me realise I had got sunburnt!
And it's no accident that the "service" would be geographically-based: an American company would only be in a position to sue an American citizen for the content they pirate (I'm willing to bet 50c that the download of Linux distros wasn't discussed at Verizon meetings).
I'm sure they had a bit of a laugh about the name "P4P", too.